The Tang and Song dynasties, when poems, lyrics and music flourished, were the peak periods in ancient Chinese history. During this period, the economy was prosperous and policies were enlightened. The themes covered a wide range of themes, including feelings about family and cou

The Tang and Song dynasties, when poetry, lyrics and music were in full bloom, were the peak periods in ancient Chinese history. During the

period, the economy was prosperous and the policies were enlightened. The themes covered a wide range of themes, including feelings about family and country, feelings about landscapes, feelings between brothers and friends, and love between women.

Since ancient times, talented people have been romantic, euphemistically known as seeking creative inspiration. Many of them like romantic places, and when they meet the woman they like, they can't help but compose a poem. It may be just to show off their talents and satisfy their own vanity, or it may be to vent their talents that have nowhere to be used.

In this enlightened age, it is not uncommon for literati to have sex with prostitutes. It is neither illegal nor criminal, nor will it ruin your reputation.

There was once such a poet, who was full of high-yield and high-quality works in his life. and Li Shangyin were called "Little Li Du" . Anyone who can be as famous as the great contemporary poets Li Bai and Du Fu must be an extraordinary figure.

However, during his short period of 50 light years, he spent 30 years in a brothel. Later generations ridiculed " couldn't keep the body but kept the soul"

had to meet a noble person to enter the official career

Du Mu is also known as "Du Shisan". As the name suggests, he ranks thirteenth in the family.

Nowadays, Du Mu can be regarded as a rich second-generation official who lives a prosperous life and does not have to worry about food, rice, oil and salt. No, should be the N generation.

The Du family is a veritable family of officials. Starting from the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, , Du Mu's ancestors served as officials in the dynasty. Generations after generations received higher education and became officials.

Until Tang Dynasty The status of the Du family was even more prominent. His grandfather Du You was the prime minister, and his father and uncle were both officials with high titles in the capital.

In such an environment where he had no worries about food and clothing, Du Mu devoted himself to reading, especially studying the art of war. He wrote more than a dozen articles based on his familiarity with "Sun Tzu's Art of War ".

But the good times did not last long. After Du Mu's grandfather and father passed away one after another, the family fell into decline.

When his grandfather was still alive, under the blessing of his elders, Du Mu developed a carefree and dissolute nature in his unrestrained life, so the rest of the family's property was slowly consumed by him. From then on, he had to dismiss the servants in the house and lead his family to live in poverty.

Although his life is not as good as before, he still has the ambition to enter the temple.

In 828 AD, Du Mu took part in the imperial examination of the Tang Dynasty, and Cui Yan was one of the examiners at the time.

It was still unknown whether he would be able to go to high school. Du Mu never imagined that " Afang Palace Fu " written when he was 23 years old would become the key to his entry into the officialdom.

At the time of the scientific examination, Cui Yan's identity naturally attracted much attention, and the threshold of Cui Mansion was almost collapsed by the people who came to curry favor. Just as he was about to close the door and thank the guests, a madman came who he had to open the door to receive.

Wu Wuling

This madman is named Wu Wuling and has a certain prestige in the court. Before Cui Yan could speak, he thrust a piece of paper into Cui Yan's hand: "When I was patrolling the Imperial College a few days ago, I found a good article. No, now we have to select talents for the imperial court, and I have sent it to you. I want to get the number one scholar, can you see it?"

Seeing his move, Cui Yan looked at him. He was dumbfounded, but because of his face, he could not refute immediately, so he could only respond perfunctorily: "Let me see."

"The people of Qin have no time to mourn themselves, and later generations will mourn; future generations will mourn without taking note of it, which will also make future generations mourn again..." The article is sonorous and powerful, every word is precious, but it is a pity that the words are too sharp.

In this way, Du Mu was recommended as the fifth scholar in the scientific examination with the song "Ode to Afang Palace" and embarked on the road of official career.

After falling into the mortal world, it is difficult to turn back.

Everyone knows that Du Mu likes to hang out in places with fireworks. In his life, although he had seen countless brothel girls, he could never forget his "white moonlight".

"Shedding tears, singing short songs and talking about a book." " Good Poems " was written by Du Mu when he reunited with his old crush.

In that year, after Du Mu became a Jinshi in Xinke, he got a job as the editor of Hongwen Hall , which is equivalent to the current work of proofreading articles. Du Mu is not a person who can stand his temper. He feels bored from time to time and always wants to find another way out.

Coincidentally, after his old friend Shen Chuanshi received the imperial edict to be appointed as the Jiangxi observation envoy, he invited Du Mu to come with him. Of course Du Mu would not give up this opportunity, so he gave up his enviable official position in the capital without hesitation and went to work as an aide in the Shen Mansion in Jiangxi.

Although Du Mu is sentimental, he also knows that the land of fireworks is just a show, and there is no true love at all. But he didn't expect that he would meet his first woman who was willing to be sincere in Shen Mansion.

Zhang Haohao is a musician in the Shen family. He is thirteen years old, has a beautiful face, and is full of water.

From the first time Du Mu saw Zhang Hao, her every smile, every move, every song, all were imprinted on his heart. He had never seen a woman as pure as a lotus flower.

When Du Mu was sure that Zhang Haohao was the woman he wanted to marry as his wife, Master Shen was unexpectedly sent elsewhere, and Du Mu had to postpone the matter and follow him on errands outside.

Two years later, when Du Mu couldn't wait to fulfill his idea at that time, Zhang Haohao was already a wife. It turned out that after they left, Master Shen's younger brother Shen Shushi also had feelings for Zhang Haohao, so he married her home in advance.

Du Mu was very upset, but the end was done and he had no other choice but to secretly feel sad.

years later, Du Mu met Zhang Haohao again, and saw that her face had the traces of time, her face was haggard, and she had lost her previous aura.

Du Mu was very sentimental, so he wrote a long poem of more than 400 words to Zhang Haohao, wishing her to live a stable and happy life for the rest of her life.

's first love that was strangled in the cradle came to an end. No matter how romantic a talented man is, when he meets the love of his life, he will be the eternal "white moonlight" in his heart. The romantic appearance is just a protective color to cover up the inner loneliness.

Winning the reputation of a brothel

Although talented people are romantic, few of them call the brothel their home like Du Mu. For decades, they almost never go home at night.

No matter how pure the "white moonlight" is, it can only be a bubble if it is destined or not. "White Moonlight" cannot be used as food to fill the stomach, nor can it be used as clothes to keep warm and cover the body, let alone satisfy people's emotional needs.

Therefore, Du Mu continued to linger in the land of fireworks and live his happy life.

After working as a staff member for several years, Du Mu's talent was appreciated by many people, and later he went to Yangzhou to be a supervisory censor.

Fireworks in Yangzhou in March, Yangzhou is a good place. Yangzhou should be Du Mu's favorite place in his life. Everything here is good, and what's even better is that there are enough places for him to drink and have fun.

As soon as he gets off work every day, Du Mu runs to the brothel. I don’t know if he played every night, but everyone around him knew that he almost never stayed at home.

After his term ended, Du Mu returned to the capital. Even though he was impeached by many officials, he still did not restrain himself.

I have always heard that the singing girls of Li Yuan's family, the Minister of the Ministry of War, are among the best in the capital. It coincides with a banquet held by the Li family. How could Du Mu miss this opportunity?

Du Mu did not hide his temperament. As soon as he arrived, he named the most beautiful geisha in the house to accompany him. There were so many dissolute behaviors like this that both the Niu and Li factions avoided him.

"I dreamed of Yangzhou for ten years and won the reputation of a brothel." Du Mu lived a life of 50 years. Although his official career was not bumpy, his inner ambition was ultimately nowhere to be realized, and he felt that he could only use the land of fireworks to relieve his resentment.

Some people say that this is a legitimate excuse for one's romantic temperament.

Du Mu spent most of his life wandering around brothels. As long as he had money, there was no woman he could not summon. Of course there are exceptions, except for the "Bai Yueguang" from Shen Mansion in Jiangxi.

will always be in commotion if it can't get it. Under Du Mu's unruly soul, there may still be a position that no one can replace except Zhang Haohao.

No matter what the truth is, even if he really stayed in a brothel for 30 years and never returned home every day, it cannot erase the precious creative contribution he left to future generations.